…Advocates Involvement Of More Youth In Government
A group based in Ogun State, Yewa Youth Pacesetters, has called on the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, to appoint grassroot but cerebral persons as commissioners and special advisers in his second term in office, so that the impact of his good governance can percolate down to people in the rural areas of the state.
The president of the group, Dapo Fashola, in a statement on Sunday, also urged the governor to ensure more youths are given opportunities to serve in his administration in the next four years.
According to Fashola, youths as the leaders of tomorrow, must begin to learn rudiments of leadership and service by engaging them in the affairs of the state today, noting the governor must leverage on their vigour and zeal to learn and imbibe.role learning.
While lauding Governor Abiodun for appointing technocrats who had excelled in their various fields and careers in his first term in office, the YYP president pointed out that more people with connections with the grassroots should be given consideration and appointed into offices this time around.
He maintained that impact of good governance can only be directly felt by the people at the grassroots, if persons they know and can identify with are given political appointments.
Fashola, who expressed optimism that Governor Abiodun-led administration would perform better in second term than the first term, called on the people of the state to give maximum support to the incumbent administration, in order for it to be able to consolidate on the successes it recorded between 2019 and 2023.
He, however, declared that the YYP would continue to support the governor’s administration, advocating various empowerment programmes, particularly in the area of skills acquisition and vocational training for the youth, especially in Ogun West.
Fashola further urged Governor Abiodun to do more to develop and turn around the fortune of the state and its people in the next four years, so that he can leave a positive indelible impression in the hearts of the people of the Gateway State.